File:PT boat production Higgins 1942.jpg
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[edit]Production. Motor torpedo boats (wooden). ( ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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creator QS:P170,Q12020452 |
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Production. Motor torpedo boats (wooden). |
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Description |
Wooden motor torpedo boats for the Navy are built of prefabricated parts and sections in a large Southern shipyard. These fast seventy-eight-footers are built under roof and moved to a nearby waterway for launching and fitting. Higgins Industries |
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Date |
July 1942 date QS:P571,+1942-07-00T00:00:00Z/10 |
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Medium | 1 negative : nitrate | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Dimensions | 4 x 5 inches or smaller. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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institution QS:P195,Q131454 Prints & Photographs Division Washington, DC 20540 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print |
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Photo by Howard R. Hollem; high-res TIF at Library of Congress website converted to jpg, non-photographic border cropped, and levels slightly adjusted before uploading to Wikimedia Commons.
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Other versions | Unedited TIF: File:PT boat production Higgins 1942.tif |
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This image is a work of an employee of the United States Farm Security Administration or Office of War Information domestic photographic units, taken as part of that person's official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government, the image is in the public domain in the United States. See Copyright. |
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current | 21:22, 15 June 2021 | 9,040 × 6,989 (29.65 MB) | Infrogmation (talk | contribs) | same, from much higher res tif now at LOC website. | |
23:24, 28 June 2012 | 927 × 703 (215 KB) | Infrogmation (talk | contribs) | Somewhat higher res from same source | ||
21:58, 19 August 2009 | 496 × 375 (57 KB) | Cobatfor (talk | contribs) | == {{int:filedesc}} == {{Information |Description=Construction of 78 foot PT boats at Higgins Industries, New Orleans, Louisiana (USA), circa 1942. |Source={{LOC-image|id=fsa.8b07676}} |Date=1942 |Author=unknown |Permission= |other_versions=frame removed |
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Camera manufacturer | Leaf |
Camera model | Leaf Aptus-II 12(LI301509 )/Schneider Lens Control |
Author | Library of Congress, The Crowley Company |
Date and time of data generation | 14:55, 9 April 2013 |
Pixel composition | Black and white (Black is 0) |
Orientation | Normal |
Horizontal resolution | 72 dpi |
Vertical resolution | 72 dpi |
Software used | Photos 4.0 |
File change date and time | 14:55, 9 April 2013 |
Date and time of digitizing | 14:55, 9 April 2013 |
Color space | sRGB |
IIM version | 2 |